FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on coupled display visual interfaces (PPD10) http://www.hitlab.utas.edu.au/wiki/PPD10 25 May 2010, Rome, Italy held in Conjunction with AVI 2010, the 10th International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~avi2010/ Important dates: Paper submission deadline: Mar 19, 2010 Notification of acceptance: Mar 30, 2010 Camera ready version: Apr 10, 2010 Workshop: May 25, 2010 Recent developments have seen the wide spread proliferation of both large shared displays and small display technologies. In parallel we have seen the emergence of new classes of device which support both touch or multi touch interaction. Examples of small touch driven…

CGAMES 2010 Louisville The 15th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER GAMES CONFERENCE AI, Animation, Interactive Multimedia, Virtual Worlds and Serious Games 28th – 31st July 2010 Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Organised by the University of Wolverhampton, UK, in association with the University of Louisville and the IEEE TCSIM Computer Society. http://www.cgamesusa.com/ The International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational & Serious Games organised by The University of Wolverhampton, UK, is one of the leading research conferences devoted to the advancement of the theory and practice of games development. It brings together an international community of experts to discuss the…

Collaboration Researchers International Working Group presents 16th CRIWG Conference on Collaboration and Technology (CRIWG 2010) When: Sep 20, 2010 – Sep 23, 2010 Where: Maastricht, The Netherlands Submission Deadline: Mar 26, 2010 Call For Papers The CRIWG Conference on Collaboration and Technology seeks scientific papers that inform the design, development, deployment, and use of collaboration technology (groupware) and the work practices they support. Founded in 1995, CRIWG has become a significant forum for researchers and professionals to exchange ideas and experiences about problems and solutions related to collaboration technology. Most challenges in the collaboration technology field require a multidisciplinary, multi-methodological…

IEEE Haptics Symposium 2010 Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA, March 25 – 26, 2010 EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS FEBRUARY 16 (Registration rates increase after Feb. 16, 2010) Direct Conference Registration Link (register through IEEE VR conference site): http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/misc/registration.html Conference Info http://www.hapticssymposium.org/next_conference.html LOCATION Westin Hotel, in Waltham (Boston Area) Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION The Haptics Symposium is a bi-annual, single-track conference that brings together researchers who are advancing the human science, technology and design processes underlying haptic (force and tactile) interaction systems. Our community spans the disciplines of biomechanics, psychology, neurophysiology, engineering, human-computer interaction and computer science. We solicit high-quality, original submissions in all…

This is a “Request For Information” for the eighth Virtual World Watch snapshot survey. As with the others, this is an opportunity to publicise what you are doing, to your peers, potential collaborators,  users of your “stuff” and funders. There’s one main question which can be interpreted as broadly, or as narrowly, as you wish: “How are you using virtual worlds in your teaching, learning or research?” As per usual, the scope is limited to UK Higher and Further Education. Things you may want to include: Why you are using a virtual world. If teaching using a virtual world, how…

Under the Mask: Perspectives on the Gamer Conference Wednesday 2nd June 2010 Research Institute for Media, Art and Design University of Bedfordshire Luton Campus, Park Square Luton Bedfordshire, UK Without the gamer, games do not exist. As Galloway reminds the reader, games are simply rules waiting to be enacted by the player. This conference aims to address the issues that surround the player of digital games as contributor, consumer and propagator of their culture, not only through presentation and discussion, but also through actively engaging with games and their users.…